Avaya (NYSE: AVYA), a global leader in solutions to enhance and
simplify communications and collaboration, today announced that
CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Darcey Harrison,
Lisa Frederick and Kathleen Sullivan to its esteemed list of 2021
Women of the Channel. This annual list recognizes the unique
strengths, vision and achievements of female leaders in the IT
channel. The 2021 Women of the Channel list acknowledges women from
all over the IT channel, including vendors, distributors and
solution providers.
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The Avaya leaders honored on this year’s list pushed forward
comprehensive business plans, marketing initiatives and other
innovative ideas to support their partners and customers, helping
them through the uncertainty brought on by the global COVID-19
pandemic. CRN celebrates these exceptional women for their
leadership, dedication and channel advocacy. The three Avaya
honorees for 2021 are:
- Darcey Harrison, Vice President of Cloud Acceleration
for North America, responsible for continuing expansion of new and
existing customer adoption of the Avaya OneCloud communications and
collaboration portfolio. She works closely with customers to ensure
Avaya is the partner of choice for organizations adapting their
businesses to the new future of work.
- Kathleen Sullivan, Vice President of Commercial
Accounts, responsible for leading cloud-focused resources for SMB,
Midmarket and Enterprise customers and the partners that serve
them, to further enable this large segment of new and existing
customers to realize the benefits of Avaya OneCloud experience
platform solutions.
- Lisa Frederick, Senior Director of U.S. Channel,
responsible for igniting Avaya’s strong channel partner community
to embrace, adopt and succeed with the Avaya OneCloud portfolio.
Partner transformation is accelerating at unprecedented speed and a
high performing channel team enables partners to maximize their
opportunity in the cloud evolution.
“The recognition of Darcey, Kathleen and Lisa highlights their
remarkable contributions, their commitment to our partner network,
and the breadth and depth of talent at Avaya,” said Frank Ciccone,
Senior Vice President, North American Sales, Avaya. “With Avaya’s
focus on exceptional customer and employee experience solutions,
building an unrivaled ecosystem to deliver innovation, and
providing attractive incentives to our partner network, we believe
there are tremendous opportunities for mutual success.”
"CRN's 2021 Women of the Channel list acknowledges accomplished,
influential women whose dedication, hard work, and leadership
accelerate channel growth," said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel
Company. "We are proud to honor Darcey Harrison, Kathleen Sullivan
and Lisa Frederick for their many accomplishments and look forward
to their continued contributions to the IT channel."
The Avaya Edge Partner Program has also been recognized in CRN’s
Partner Program Guide with a 5-star rating, marking the 13th
consecutive year it has been awarded the distinction . With over
4,100 partners globally, the Avaya Edge Partner Program is a
comprehensive approach that simplifies, integrates and aligns with
the evolving needs of channel partners to help drive growth and
introduce additional business opportunities. The Avaya Edge Partner
Program enhances the ability of partners to best serve their
customers and grow by stimulating sales and combining a
straightforward incentive structure and more tailored benefits with
an improved partner enablement model. To learn more about Avaya’s
partner program, visit www.avaya.com/en/partners/.
The 2021 Women of the Channel are featured in the CRN Magazine
May Issue and online at www.CRN.com/WOTC.
About Avaya
Businesses are built by the experiences they provide, and
everyday millions of those experiences are delivered by Avaya
Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA). Avaya is shaping what's next for the
future of work, with innovation and partnerships that deliver
game-changing business benefits. Our cloud communications solutions
and multi-cloud application ecosystem power personalized,
intelligent, and effortless customer and employee experiences to
help achieve strategic ambitions and desired outcomes. Together, we
are committed to help grow your business by delivering Experiences
that Matter. Learn more at http://www.avaya.com/.
About The Channel Company
The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance
with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and
education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the
channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers,
solution providers, and end users. Backed by more than 30 years of
unequalled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to
envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in
the technology marketplace. www.thechannelcompany.com.
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